history Flashcards
What are the 6 “w” words that historians use?
Who, what, when, where, how, why.
What do historian do?
Ask questions, collecting information, developing theories.
What does OMACPRU mean
Origin Motive Audience Content Perspective Reliability Usefulness
What is chronological order?
The order in which events happen from earliest to the most recent
What is stratigraphy?
Soil forming layers/different types of the earths soil
What is a hypothesis?
A theory
What are the 3 dating methods in 1:2
Radiocarbon, dendrochronology, thermoluminescence dating (TL dating)
What dating method would I use to find the age of a wooden hut?
Dendrochronology dating
What dating method would I use to find the age of a fossil/bones ?
Radiocarbon dating
What dating method would I use to find the age of a clay pot?
Thermoluminescence dating (TL dating)
What does a Paleontologist study?
Plant and animal fossils
What does a Linguists study?
The structure of languages
What does a Scientific expert study?
Scientific methods to provide evidence
What does a Cryptographer study?
Study and create code systems
What does a anthropologist study?
Study human development
What is experimental archaeology?
Sometimes experts use experimental archeology to test a hypothesis about how something was created.
What was the man called, found on the ötzal alps ?
Ötzi the iceman
How did ötzi die?
Shot with an arrow then Hit with a hard object
What is a secondary source?
Reconstruction of the past by people in a later time. (information mostly)
What is a primary source?
A source that is created in the time being investigated. (Bones, rocks, letters,ect)
